Release date: 2014-12 PDF-Download German (4.64 MB) English (4.63 MB) Authors Jan Grebe Editors Susanne Heinke Research theme Arms production and political economy Arms transfers and arms control The Global Militarisation Index (GMI) depicts the relative weight and importance of the military apparatus of one state in relation to its society as a whole. The…

Why Volatility Signals Stability, and Vice Versa By Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Gregory F. Treverton From our January/February 2015 Issue The aftermath of an airstrike in Aleppo, November 2014. (Rami Zayat / Courtesy Reuters) Even as protests spread across the Middle East in early 2011, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria appeared immune…

Publication: Volume: 0 Issue: 0 August 1, 2014 03:38 PM Age: 17 days By: Michael W. S. Ryan Dabiq Magazine (Source: Twitter user @umOmar246) Executive Summary On the first day of Ramadan (June 28), the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) declared itself the new Islamic State and the new Caliphate (Khilafah). For the…

Shakir Wahiyib appears on camera executing prisoners without disguise The hardline terrorist also interrogates prisoners during his films Videos show him with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades He is said to be attracting female admirers from across the Middle East Warning: Graphic content By Darren Boyle and Damien Gayle Published: 00:59 GMT, 15 June…

December 18, 2012: Iran is now hacking the transponders tankers and cargo ships are required to carry, in order to beat international sanctions against selling their oil and importing certain goods. Iran is also using its smugglings skills (acquir…